Ray Sidney-Smith is the President of W3 Consulting, which helps Small Businesses use Web, mobile, social and digital technologies to market and manage better, and author of “SoLoMo Success: Social Media, Local and Mobile Marketing Small Business Strategy Explained.” Ray is also the Managing Director of W3C Web Services, which provides WordPress and website hosting, domain name registration services, and related Web services affordable for Small Business. As a Digital Marketing Strategist, Google Small Business Advisor for Productivity, Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America, and Hootsuite Global Brand Ambassador, Ray is often invited by economic development organizations to speak to SMB audiences, facilitate group training, and conduct strategy sessions with small business owners on a management and marketing strategy, as well as productivity technologies.

• CEO Hack: Book- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity by David Allen
• CEO Nugget: Make mistakes early and often and write them down
• CEO Defined: Being responsible for the 4Ps – Purpose, profitability, people and planet

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[00:00:02.20] – Intro

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[00:00:29.69] – Gresham Harkless

Hello. Hello. Hello. This is Gresh from the I Am CEO podcast, and I have a very special guest on the show today. I have Ray Sydney Smith of the, w three consulting. Ray, it's awesome to have you on the show.

[00:00:40.20] – Ray Sidney-Smith

Great to be here. Thanks, Gresh.

[00:00:41.89] – Gresham Harkless

No problem. Super excited to have you on. And before we jump in, I want to read a little bit more about Ray so you can hear about all the awesome things that he's doing. Ray is the president and CEO of w three consulting, which helps small businesses use web, mobile, social, and digital technologies to market and manage better. He's also the author of Solomon Success, Social Media, Local, and Mobile Marketing Small Business Strategies Explained. Ray is also the Managing Director of Web Services, which provides WordPress and website hosting, domain register domain name registration services, and related web services affordable for all small businesses.

As a digital marketing strategist, Google small business advisor for productivity, Evernote certified consultant, Evernote regional leader for North America, and Hootsuite global brand manager global brand ambassador, Ray, is often invited by economic development organizations to speak to small and medium-sized business audiences, facilitate group training, and conduct strategy sessions with small business owners on management and marketing strategy as well as productivity technologies. Ray, are you ready to speak to the I AM CEO community?